Workday, Inc.
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Workday, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $9.6 billion, up 13.1% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 12.8%, EPS grew 200.0%, free cash flow fell 21.8% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for ten.
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Workday, Inc. (WDAY) Altman Z-score
Workday, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2026 is 3.48, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3.48 | (1.97) |
| FY2025 | 5.45 | (0.69) |
| FY2024 | 6.14 | 2.24 |
| FY2023 | 3.90 | (2.49) |
| FY2022 | 6.40 | 0.45 |
| FY2021 | 5.95 | 0.37 |
| FY2020 | 5.58 | (0.79) |
| FY2019 | 6.38 | 1.74 |
| FY2018 | 4.64 | (0.30) |
| FY2017 | 4.94 | 0.25 |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.11 | — | 0.14 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | (0.03) | — | −0.04 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.04 | — | 0.13 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 4.53 | — | 2.72 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.53 | — | 0.53 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 3.48 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 1.72 | ||
Z and Z″ put Workday, Inc. in different zones: safe zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| ZM Zoom Communications, Inc. compare | 9.8× |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 8.5× |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 4.9× |
| ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare | 4.2× |
| WDAY Workday, Inc. | 3.5× |
| ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. compare | 3.0× |
| PAYX Paychex, Inc. compare | 2.9× |
| TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare | 1.9× |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | 1.3× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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